California and 12 other states sued the federal government Wednesday to force the release of congressionally approved grants for clean energy programs, arguing the Trump administration unlawfully terminated the funding.
The lawsuit, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, takes aim at the U.S. Department of Energy and other agencies for revoking allocations as part of the Inflation Reduction Act and related environmental laws.
The lawsuit follows the rescinding of $1.2 billion earmarked for California’s Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES), a program meant to promote technologies to supplant fossil fuels in utilities, public transit, trucking, and ports.
“It’s as simple as Congress has the power of the purse, not the executive branch, and Congress already appropriated this funding,” Bonta said in an interview Tuesday, prior to the lawsuit’s announcement….
States Sue Trump Administration Over Clean Energy Funding Cuts
